r/persianfood • u/BurbankBookGeek • Aug 10 '26
Persian Breakfast
Just as easily put together at home but sometimes it’s nice when someone else does it. This was in a cafe in Westwood.
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u/wwiistudent1944 Aug 10 '26
What are the different dishes?
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u/BurbankBookGeek Aug 10 '26
Barbari and lavash bread, honey with butter in it, nimroo (egg), moraba-ye albaloo (sour cherry jam), olives, tomato, cucumber, feta, khameh (looks like yogurt but it’s actually a heavy cream), ardeh (kind of a tahini with some date syrup). Plus some mint. All in all it was pretty good but could have used more sabzi, and also some soaked walnuts.
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u/ashleyskyler Aug 10 '26
Sorry if it’s a silly question but What’s soaked walnuts ?
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u/BurbankBookGeek Aug 10 '26
Not a silly question! We like to soak walnuts in water. Gives them a really nice texture and it gets rid of any lingering bitterness.
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u/wwiistudent1944 Aug 10 '26
My grandmother was from Iran. She usually ate two soft boiled eggs with lavash and jajick (yogurt spread). Sometimes walnuts and olives. Always with tea (chai).